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More than 160 million Americans are under heat alerts as records topple in the East

Three experimental U.S. reactors are racing to switch on this summer

Illinois shattered its yearly tornado record with 149 twisters, and the year’s only half over

The heat index is forecast to hit 111 in Nashville and 109 in Detroit this week.

A Colorado wildfire forced the entire town of Wetmore to evacuate and shut down Highway 96.

A startup’s tiny nuclear reactor went live and will feed an almost waterless AI data center.

Typhoon Jangmi forced Tokyo to issue its first-ever top-level danger alert.

Renewables just supplied 30% of U.S. electricity, a new high, federal data shows.

The worst coral bleaching on record has now hit 84% of the world’s reefs.

The Wild Goose Fire forced evacuations north of Scipio, Utah, as it topped 10,000 acres.

The US has logged its second-fastest start for damaging wind reports since 1955.

Iowa was hit by 90 mph straight-line winds as a violent storm swept the Midwest.

A tornado outbreak spun up 51 twisters across four states in a single stretch of June.

Lake Mead could sink to a record-low level as the Colorado River dries up for 40 million people.

More than 100 daily heat records could fall from the Midwest to the East Coast by Saturday.

An EF-3 tornado ripped through Effingham County, Illinois, injuring two people.

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